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News and Trends 13 Sep 2022

Starpharma announces new data for prostate cancer trial

Cabazitaxel (Jevtana, Sanofi) is a chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer (mCRPC). Developed by Australian biotech company Starpharma, DEP cabazitaxel is a patented, highly water soluble dendrimer nanoparticle version of standard cabazitaxel that has shown, in preclinical and clinical studies, benefits in terms of safety and efficacy. In a poster presentation at ESMO […]

September 13, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Research charity calls on scientists, engineers, and technology experts to transform dialysis treatment

Following its successful MedTech competition earlier this year, the UK’s largest kidney research charity, Kidney Research UK, has launched a new competition aimed at innovations in dialysis that will have a significant impact on patients’ lives. In collaboration with IN-PART’s Discover platform, this year’s competition will encourage scientists, academics, engineers and technology experts to propose […]

September 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 13 Sep 2022

Himalaya Therapeutics publishes data on cancer treatment

Himalaya Therapeutics has given an interim topline data update from its phase 2 study of HTBA3011 (mecbotamab vedotin) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and certain sarcomas. In August, Himalaya’s collaboration partner, BioAtla publicly announced operational updates on the ongoing global clinical trials for HTBA3011 in patients with AXL-positive NSCLC who have previously failed PD-1/L1, […]

September 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 13 Sep 2022

Aldatu gets grant to develop Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever test

U.S. biotech company Aldatu Biosciences has been awarded a $3 million Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award will fund the advancement of the company’s proprietary PANDAA technology platform and its specific application to the […]

September 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 13 Sep 2022

Scope Biosciences and WUR to improve CRISPR-Cas technology with new funds

Wageningen University & Research (WUR), and its spinoff Scope Biosciences, have received a grant of €150,000 ($152,000) from the European Research Council (ERC). The grant is to further research and enhance the diagnostic technology ScopeDx. This is based on CRISPR-Cas technology. Uniquely, this technology is able to quickly and accurately recognize viral or bacterial RNA. […]

September 13, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Sep 2022

PDC*line Pharma presents results from phase I/II trial

PDC*line Pharma, a clinical stage biotech company developing a new class of potent and scalable active immunotherapies for cancers, has revealed the first results of its PDC-LUNG-101 phase I/II clinical trial with PDC*lung01. PDC*lung01 is the company’s therapeutic off-the shelf cancer vaccine candidate for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The preliminary data was presented at […]

September 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Sep 2022

Enterome presents more data on therapeutic cancer treatment

Clinical stage biopharma company Enterome has presented new data from its two phase 1/2 clinical trials of its OncoMimics cancer immunotherapy EO2401. The trails are in combination with nivolumab (Opdivo) +/- bevacizumab (Avastin), in patients with first progression/recurrence of glioblastoma (ROSALIE trial), and in combination with nivolumab in patients with non-resectable adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC) and […]

September 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Sep 2022

Astellas, Seagen and Merck give details on urothelial cancer treatment

Astellas Pharma Inc., Seagen Inc. and Merck (known as MSD outside of the U.S. and Canada), have announced results from the phase 1b/2 EV-103 clinical trial (KEYNOTE-869) Cohort K investigating PADCEV (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) in combination with Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) and PADCEV alone as first-line treatment in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic […]

September 12, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Interview 12 Sep 2022

Orchestrating the evolving cell therapy supply chain

In a few decades, the cell and gene therapy sector has diversified into many complex technologies. Paul Viggers, chief commercial officer at the U.K. firm TrakCel, explains how the company’s platform can tackle the intricacies of developing cell and gene therapies. After cell and gene therapy funding smashed records in 2021, the emerging sector has […]

September 12, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 12 Sep 2022

Treatment for adults with moderate to severe psoriasis approved by FDA

A treatment for adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Bristol Myers Squibb made the announcement today (September 12) that its allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, Sotyku (deucravacitinib) had been approved based on results from a phase […]

September 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 12 Sep 2022

Could combining biotech and photosynthetic cyanobacteria help the energy crisis?

A group of researchers in Switzerland is using photosynthetic bacteria to generate energy. After implanting nanotubes into them, the bacteria can create energy. And when the cells divide, those nanotubes stay with subsequent generations. While there’s a long way to go, and many questions to be answered, Ardemis Boghossian at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences […]

September 12, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Sep 2022

Sensorion receives positive opinion from EMA for treatment of hearing loss

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) through its Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) has adopted a positive opinion for a treatment for otoferlin gene mediated hearing loss. Clinical-stage biotech, Sensorion, announced the news today (September 12) that its application for an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for its lead therapy gene candidate, OTOF-GT will now be […]

September 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Starpharma announces new data for prostate cancer trial

Research charity calls on scientists, engineers, and technology experts to transform dialysis treatment

Himalaya Therapeutics publishes data on cancer treatment

Aldatu gets grant to develop Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever test

Scope Biosciences and WUR to improve CRISPR-Cas technology with new funds

PDC*line Pharma presents results from phase I/II trial

Enterome presents more data on therapeutic cancer treatment

Astellas, Seagen and Merck give details on urothelial cancer treatment

Orchestrating the evolving cell therapy supply chain

Treatment for adults with moderate to severe psoriasis approved by FDA

Could combining biotech and photosynthetic cyanobacteria help the energy crisis?

Sensorion receives positive opinion from EMA for treatment of hearing loss

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